Photo The driver of this vehicle escaped serious injury after crashing into a home at the intersection of Hoernerstown and Union Deposit roads Wednesday morning, Feb. 18, in South Hanover Township. Volunteers from the South Hanover Township Fire Department responded to the scene. For more Police News, see Page 4. Photo: Andy Dresher. Full Story

What If In July 2006, eight tank cars in a 76-car train derailed on the Norfolk Southern line in Hershey. One of those eight cars carried chlorine. Ten homes in the East Derry Road area were evacuated, and a “critical incident” was avoided thanks only to the rapid response of police, fire, EMS, utility and railroad workers.
Fast forward to today … Full Story

White-Weidman On Valentine’s Day, on the shores of Lake Waltonville, Megan White accepted a proposal of marriage from our own Drew Weidman.
The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Manheim Central High School and a 2010 graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia. She is the manager of Victoria’s Secret in Lancaster. Full Story

Smith-Mesarick Sarah Parise Smith and Thomas Andrew Mesarick Jr., both of Dauphin, have announced their engagement.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Jennifer and James Lichlyter of North Granby, Conn., and David and Sharon Smith of Billings, Mont. She is a 2009 graduate of the University of Texas. Full Story

No Plans, But Free Church is Back Hershey Free Church representatives Art Kline and Lewis Siegfried appeared before the Conewago Township Planning Commission at its public meeting Feb. 23. They inquired about rezoning the church’s property west of Route 743 from Agricultural to Commercial districting. The tract is north of the Adventure Sports complex. Full Story

Religious Writ George Washington, often referred to as “The Father of the USA”, might easily have become our king. Many colonials would have approved this, but not George Washington. He lived in a period of history when national leaders claimed a divine right to be king. American colonials were weary of England’s tyrannical King George. Full Story

Palmyra is back in Giant Center and gunning for a District 3 girls’ basketball championship, just as it did two years ago in winning the D3 Class AAA title.
This year, it’s a little different as the Cougars embark on a new challenge in the bigschool AAAA division. So far, it’s gone well. Full Story

Obituaries

Margaret Mary Feerick Margaret Mary Feerick, 96, of Hershey, passed away Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, in the Hill Farm Estate in Annville.
She was born on Feb. 15, 1919, in Roscommon, Ireland, daughter of the late Thomas and Sarah (Kennedy) Hanley. Full Story